The experts’ advice is clear: besides staying at home, the single most important protective measure we can take to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 is to wash our hands regularly and properly with soap. On account of the message’s importance, we see and hear it all the time, everywhere we go. So K L E Society’s Arts and Commerce college Gadag in association with YRC and NSS under the Flagship of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan organized A hands-on awareness program was organized to demonstrate how to wash hands at Government School Narasapur Village on 09-02-2022.
One of the most important steps to keep school staff and students healthy is cleaning hands at key times with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not readily available. School-based programs promoting hand hygiene can result in less gastrointestinal and respiratory illness and fewer missed school days. The students learned why and how to practice good WASH behavior through repetitive activities. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Programme Coordinator Smt Veena Tirlapur demonstrated the steps of Hand washing procedure to students and added that this is despite the fact that proper hand hygiene reduces the number of acute respiratory infections by 20%, the chance of contracting COVID-19 by 36%, and the risk of developing diarrhea by a staggering 40%.
